John Harndell, of Newport

Hugh Mosher's first wife was "REBECCA MAXSON, daughter of Richard and Rebecca Maxson of Portsmouth RI; d. between 29 Dec 1707 and 25 Feb 1707/8.

From the book “Descendants of Hugh Mosher and Rebecca Maxson.” link

"She is frequently identified erroneously as a daughter of John Harndell of Newport, probably b/c of some unfortunate omissions in the abstract of his will in Austin, Gen Dict of RI. It is dated 9 Feb 1685 and proved in 1687 link (snippet view of page 7)

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John Harndell (1610 - 1685)

John Harndell

Born 1610 in England

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Husband of Sarah (Unknown) Harding — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Husband of Unknown (Unknown) Harndell — married 1645 in Rhode Island

Father of Mary (Harndell) Stanton

Died 1685 at about age 75 in Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island

Profile last modified 31 Oct 2019 | Created 16 Mar 2012

According to the authoritative book, Descendants of Hugh Mosher and Rebecca Maxson through Seven Generations (rev ed 1990), p.1, John Harndell was the step-father of Rebecca Maxson, and he died between Feb 1685 when he wrote his will and 1687 when it was "proved."

"REBECCA MAXSON, daughter of Richard and Rebecca Maxson of Portsmouth RI... is frequently identified erroneously as a daughter of John Harndell of Newport, probably b/c of some unfortunate omissions in the abstract of his will in Austin, Gen Dict of RI. It is dated 9 Feb 1685 and proved in 1687.

"The original, in the library of the Newport Hist Soc, in Bk 5, p. 131-2, names daughter Mary Stanton, her husband John, and their children, who received the land and buildings. It also names 'daughter-in-law Rebeckah Mosure, wife of Hugh Mosure of Portsmouth,' to whom he gave only a good ewe sheep; and 'son-in-law John Maxson,' to whom he also gave a ewe. Austin omitted the words 'in-law' before Rebeckah, also all mention of John Maxson. 'In-law' usually meant step at that time and it certainly does this time, for the wife of a son would have borne the name Harndell.

"The name of the stepson [Rebecca's brother] identifies [Rebecca's] maiden name as Maxson."

Biography

Little Compton Families, Vol 2, pg 430 1. HUGH MOSHER (Hugh), born 1633, died 1713. Residence: Newport and Dartmouth. He married first REBECCA HARNDELL, daughter of John Harndell. He married second Sarah Harding, born in 1652, died in 1716.

New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 page 399

2 May 1646

Mr. Nicholas EASTON sold to John HORNDALL of Newport 37 poles of land adjoining HORNDALL's houselot. [RICR(MS)1:2]

Hornden, or Horndall, John, Newport, in the list of freem. 1655, had Mary, b. 6 July 1647, wh. m. John Stanton. See Harndale.

Sources

New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 page 399
Information as remembered by Michael Ford, Thursday, March 6, 2014.
Entered by J X, Mar 16, 2012